Freshly decorated, elated German soldiers inspect their Iron Crosses after the conclusion of the Battle of France; 1940. 


Proud for their decorations

German Soldier leaving a Dugout on the eastern front,Demjan pocket.
taken from fb/John Hulin‎/ Shadows of the Eastern Front - WW II








Ready for combat

Annual midnight swearing-in of SS troops at Feldherrnhalle, Munich, 1938.
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The Feldherrnhalle (Field Lord's Hall) is a monumental loggia on the Odeonsplatz in Munich, Germany. Modeled after the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence, it was commissioned in 1841 by King Ludwig I of Bavaria to honor the tradition of his army.
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In 1923 it was the site of the brief battle that ended Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch. During the Nazi era it served as a monument commemorating the death of 16 members of the Nazi party.